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Although the " self-important rhetoric and whines of persecution " on the part of cyberpunk fans were irritating at worst and humorous at best, Brin declares that the " rebels did shake things up.
Eventually, in the worst case, too much of the available memory may become allocated and all or part of the system or device stops working correctly, the application fails, or the system slows down unacceptably due to thrashing.
Nation states are responsible for some of the worst historical examples of violence against minorities: minorities not considered part of the nation.
When he is asked about the worst part of being old, he replies ' remembering when you was young.
* Midtribulationists believe that the Rapture will occur halfway through the Tribulation, but before the worst part of it occurs.
Lestock, who was on the worst possible terms with his superior, took no part in the action.
" Speaking about the best and worst part about playing a Star Trek captain, she said: " The best thing was simply the privilege and the challenge of being able to take a shot at the first female captain, transcending stereotypes that I was very familiar with.
Both games have been described as average for the most part, neither the best or worst games in the series.
But that wasn't the worst part of the trip.
One of the worst calamities to touch the village occurred in 1916, when a disastrous fire destroyed a large part of the business area and several homes.
Cook — who holds a degree in business — claimed that because of poor judgment on Fogerty's part, Creedence Clearwater Revival had to abide by the worst record deal of any major American recording artist.
John Cleese said in an 8 May 2009 interview that the role of Sybil Fawlty was originally offered to Bridget Turner, who " in the worst move of her life " turned down the part, claiming " it wasn't right for her ".
The worst part is over a sand wave field about west of Stroma.
However, this is controversial: some people believe that as custody battles are the worst part of a divorce, couples should be able to settle this in advance.
The album, however, suffered the worst sales of Zevon's career, in part because his label, superagent Irving Azoff's short-lived Giant Records, was in the process of going out of business.
Needham also notes that the disappearance of the greater part of Kungsun Lung Tzu ( Gongsun Longzi ) must be considered one of the worst losses in the ancient Chinese books, as what remains is said to reach the highest point of ancient Chinese philosophical writing.
However the worst part of the loss came when coach Bill Laub became injured and was unable to finish the season.
The Battle of Camden has been scrutinized as one of the worst tactical decisions made on part of the Americans throughout the entire war.
By 1831, however, the population had increased nearly five times ( in part due to the budding industrial revolution ), and Nottingham became known as one of the worst slums in England.
The Philippine GDP contracted by 0. 6 % during the worst part of the crisis, but grew by 3 % by 2001, despite scandals of the administration of Joseph Estrada in 2001, most notably the " jueteng " scandal, causing the PSE Composite Index, the main index of the Philippine Stock Exchange, to fall to 1000 points from a high of 3000 points in 1997.
Previous campaigns, due in part to the party's few resources and, in part, to the party's constitutional straitjacket, had been characterized by policy and spokespeople operating, at best, province-by-province and, at worst, riding-by-riding.
Over 60 % of the western edge was damaged ; the worst part was the area around Prospect Point.
Lime Street was voted the equal worst of the 20 busiest UK railway stations in a 2007 poll but was voted " Station of the Year 2010 " at the National Rail Awards thanks in part to the recent reburbishment.

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He gave us a simile to explain his admission that even at the worst period of his second illness it never occurred to him there was any renewed question about his running: as in the Battle of the Bulge, he had no fears about the outcome until he read the American newspapers.
In the same way he coupled Molesworth and Wharton in a letter to Archbishop King, and he had earlier described him as `` the worst of them '' in some `` Observations '' on the Irish Privy Council submitted to Oxford.
Once he had abandoned himself to the very worst, once he had quieted all the dragons of worry and suspense, there wouldn't be very much for Mae to do.
According to Forbes magazine Armenia had the second worst economy in the world in 2011.
The worst that could be brought against him was that he had wished his father's death.
By the 2004 season the Diamondbacks had dropped to a dismal 51 – 111 record, the worst in Major League Baseball and one of the 10 worst records in the modern era, despite Johnson pitching a perfect game on May 18 of that season.
The early years of the colony had been years of struggle and hardship, but the worst was over, and there were no further famines in New South Wales.
That Athens had the worst of it in this war is certain.
Its worst tendency was that of detonating prematurely, approximately a thousand feet in front of the launching aircraft, but it also had many motor failures, erratic flights, and fuzing problems.
For much of the first half of the season, they had the worst record in the league.
Cleomenes's attempts to restore Isagoras to Athens ended in a debacle, but fearing the worst, the Athenians had by this point already sent an embassy to Artaphernes in Sardis, to request aid from the Persian Empire.
In a 1995 interview with Kurt Loder, Love divulged that in the late 1980s, guitarist Joe Strummer of The Clash told her that she was " the worst guitar player he'd ever heard ", but she insisted she had improved by the early 1990s: " I'm fine ...
The result of all the moves was a 67 – 95 record in 2005, which tied for the worst record in franchise history, as the young players — many of whom had never been everyday players in the majors prior to that season — struggled.
The German Kings had been the worst offenders, naming not only bishops, but popes as well.
At the same time he interacted with colleagues, fellow breadwinners who had satirical disposition towards even their worst troubles.
In the 2004 federal election, the Conservatives had one of the worst showings in the region for a right-wing party, going back to Confederation, with the possible exception of the 1993 election.
" Earlier, in December 1984, the Council on Hemispheric Affairs had issued a report condemning the Contras and the United States government as being among the worst human rights violators in Latin America: " The CIA directed forces are among the worst human rights violators in Latin America, responsible for systematic brutality against a civilian population.
Eusebius said, “ The Creator of all things has impressed a natural law upon the soul of every man, as an assistant and ally in his conduct, pointing out to him the right way by this law ; but, by the free liberty with which he is endowed, making the choice of what is best worthy of praise and acceptance, because he has acted rightly, not by force, but from his own free-will, when he had it in his power to act otherwise, As, again, making him who chooses what is worst, deserving of blame and punishment, as having by his own motion neglected the natural law, and becoming the origin and fountain of wickedness, and misusing himself, not from any extraneous necessity, but from free will and judgment.
The CDU / CSU parties had achieved the 3rd worst performance in German postwar history with only 35. 2 percent of the votes.
After posting the worst record in baseball for the 1999 season, the Marlins had the first overall pick in the 2000 first-year player draft and selected first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, a 16-year-old native of Bonita, California.
Fearing the worst, they asked him how the raid had gone.

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